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===Picking an ISK-earning specialty (or a few)===

So, what are some ideas for making ISK in EVE? The huge sandbox of EVE provides many, many options here.

So, what are some ideas for making ISK in EVE? The huge sandbox of EVE provides many, many options here. In summary, some of the most common career options include:

*Miner/Refiner – extracting and selling ore or refined minerals (boring to some, Zen to others)

~~• Miner~~/~~Refiner – extracting~~ and ~~selling ore or refined minerals~~

*Hauler – buying low in one location, selling high in another / courier contracts (look for courier contracts, also can do courier missions in between jobs, also can buy low in far systems and haul them to sell. NPC trading IE buy livestock where it sells for low, transport it to where it sells for high, both the buyer and seller are NPC's.)

~~• Hauler~~ – ~~buying low~~ in ~~one location~~, ~~selling high in another / courier contracts~~

*Trader – playing the market, station trading, (rough business to get into unless you use the "Convenience Store" concept, that is go somewhere fairly populated that doesn't have a good market, and either haul or produce EVERYTHING they might need in small quantities, basically like a trade hub except its mostly your stuff for sale.)

~~• Trader~~ – ~~playing~~ the ~~market~~

*Corporate Executive – managing a corporation funded by taxes and fees; Operate a POS, join an alliance that lets you put up your own moon mining POS. Also gas cloud harvesting tho I have no experience with this aspect of the game.

~~• Corporate Executive – managing~~ a ~~corporation funded by taxes and fees~~

*Recruiter (I've successfully made a living as a 1-man recruiting agency.)

~~• Manufacturer – building items~~ and ~~charging for the value-add~~

*Work up standings to a faction and sell your services as a "standings pusher."

~~• Researcher/Inventor~~ – building ~~advanced tech~~ items ~~or blueprints~~ for ~~sale~~

*Manufacturer – building items and charging for the value-add

~~• Explorer~~/~~Hacker– searching wormhole~~ and ~~hidden space~~, ~~selling relics~~ and ~~information~~

*Researcher/Inventor – building advanced tech items or blueprints for sale, using research agents, Scientist(work up R&D agents and farm datacores.), Scientist II (Buy BPO's, either research and sell them, or research and sell copies.)

~~• Salvager – finding~~, ~~collecting~~ and ~~selling items from wrecks~~

*Explorer/Hacker– searching wormhole and hidden space, selling relics and information

http://www.eve-mag.com/wordpress/archives/newbies-generating-isk-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-mining

*Salvager – finding, collecting and selling items from wrecks [http://www.eve-mag.com/wordpress/archives/newbies-generating-isk-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-mining]; ninja salvaging

• Mission Runner – executing assigned missions, solo or in groups

*Mission Runner – executing assigned missions, solo or in groups, deadspace complexes

• Ratter – hunting and killing NPC pirates

*Ratter – hunting and killing NPC pirates

• Mercenary – gun for hire

*Mercenary – gun for hire

• Bounty Hunter – executing contracts on player characters for pay

*Bounty Hunter – executing contracts on player characters for pay

• Pirate – attack and pillage players (mostly haulers) in lo-sec, or ransom them for money

*Pirate – attack and pillage players (mostly haulers) in lo-sec, or ransom them for money

• Scammer/Thief – tricking players into giving you ISK or luring them into traps

*Scammer/Thief – tricking players into giving you ISK or luring them into traps; corporate raider

~~• Mining~~

*Can Flipper

~~• NPC Hunting~~

*Assassin/Suicide Ganker (You have good concord standings from whoring agents all day, you can suicide gank people for money. Not sure if this is possible anymore as they have buffed concord alot.)

~~• Bounty Hunting~~

*Drug Dealer - Make boosters (drugs, yes you can be a drug dealer.)

~~• Agent Missions~~

~~• Research Agents~~

~~• Production~~

~~• Trading~~

~~• Pirating~~

~~• Deadspace Complexes~~

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~~Some professions you can do in Eve :~~

~~1) Miner (boring to some, Zen to others)~~

2) Salvager (I do not consider ninja salvaging dishonorable unless done in the spirit of wanting to grief, there is nothing wrong with flying around salvaging and looting wrecks of people who are done ratting and have logged off.)

3) Builder (rough business to get into unless you use the "Convenience Store" concept, that is go somewhere fairly populated that doesn't have a good market, and either haul or produce EVERYTHING they might need in small quantities, basically like a trade hub except its mostly your stuff for sale.)

~~4) Explorer (haven't tried this profession personally, people say it's lucrative and addictive.)~~

~~5) Scammer/Pirate/Criminal (I don't do this but whatever floats your boat)~~

~~6) Recruiter (I've successfully made a living as a 1-man recruiting agency.)~~

~~7) Trader (sit in a hub, buy low, sell high)~~

8) Hauler (look for courier contracts, also can do courier missions in between jobs, also can buy low in far systems and haul them to sell. NPC trading IE buy livestock where it sells for low, transport it to where it sells for high, both the buyer and seller are NPC's.)

~~9) Work up standings to a faction and sell your services as a "standings pusher."~~

~~10) Scientist (work up R&D agents and farm datacores.)~~

~~11) Scientist II (Buy BPO's, either research and sell them, or research and sell copies.)~~

~~12) Assassin (You have good concord standings from whoring agents all day, you can suicide gank people for money. Not sure if this is possible anymore as they have buffed concord alot.)~~

~~13) Operate a POS, join an alliance that lets you put up your own moon mining POS. Also gas cloud harvesting tho I have no experience with this aspect of the game.~~

~~14) Make boosters (drugs, yes you can be a drug dealer.)~~

~~I'm sure there's hundreds of profs I have not mentioned, but that's the beauty of Eve, if you can think it, chances are you can do it.~~

~~Eve does not require you to be smart, it simply requires you to have an imagination.~~

~~There are no NPC's to point you to your next task. You need to be self-driven, figure out what you'd like to do, and do it.~~

Now its time to decide how you want to start off your eve career. I say start because with how eve is setup you can change over to do anything you want later in the game. For starting off you will want to pick one career go at it for a while to build some initial money and skills. There are 3 basic career paths in eve combat, industry, and marketing.

Combat

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 ===Picking an ISK-earning specialty (or a few)===
-So, what are some ideas for making ISK in EVE?  The huge sandbox of EVE provides many, many options here.
+So, what are some ideas for making ISK in EVE?  The huge sandbox of EVE provides many, many options here.  In summary, some of the most common career options include:
+*Miner/Refiner – extracting and selling ore or refined minerals (boring to some, Zen to others)
-•	Miner/Refiner – extracting and selling ore or refined minerals
+*Hauler – buying low in one location, selling high in another / courier contracts (look for courier contracts, also can do courier missions in between jobs, also can buy low in far systems and haul them to sell. NPC trading IE buy livestock where it sells for low, transport it to where it sells for high, both the buyer and seller are NPC's.)
-•	Hauler – buying low in one location, selling high in another / courier contracts
+*Trader – playing the market, station trading, (rough business to get into unless you use the "Convenience Store" concept, that is go somewhere fairly populated that doesn't have a good market, and either haul or produce EVERYTHING they might need in small quantities, basically like a trade hub except its mostly your stuff for sale.)
-•	Trader – playing the market
+*Corporate Executive – managing a corporation funded by taxes and fees; Operate a POS, join an alliance that lets you put up your own moon mining POS. Also gas cloud harvesting tho I have no experience with this aspect of the game.
-•	Corporate Executive – managing a corporation funded by taxes and fees
+*Recruiter (I've successfully made a living as a 1-man recruiting agency.)
-•	Manufacturer – building items and charging for the value-add
+*Work up standings to a faction and sell your services as a "standings pusher."
-•	Researcher/Inventor – building advanced tech items or blueprints for sale
+*Manufacturer – building items and charging for the value-add
-•	Explorer/Hacker– searching wormhole and hidden space, selling relics and information
+*Researcher/Inventor – building advanced tech items or blueprints for sale, using research agents, Scientist(work up R&D agents and farm datacores.), Scientist II (Buy BPO's, either research and sell them, or research and sell copies.)
-•	Salvager – finding, collecting and selling items from wrecks
+*Explorer/Hacker– searching wormhole and hidden space, selling relics and information
-http://www.eve-mag.com/wordpress/archives/newbies-generating-isk-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-mining
+*Salvager – finding, collecting and selling items from wrecks [http://www.eve-mag.com/wordpress/archives/newbies-generating-isk-it-doesn%e2%80%99t-have-to-be-mining]; ninja salvaging
-•	Mission Runner – executing assigned missions, solo or in groups
+*Mission Runner – executing assigned missions, solo or in groups, deadspace complexes
-•	Ratter – hunting and killing NPC pirates
+*Ratter – hunting and killing NPC pirates
-•	Mercenary – gun for hire
+*Mercenary – gun for hire
-•	Bounty Hunter – executing contracts on player characters for pay
+*Bounty Hunter – executing contracts on player characters for pay
-•	Pirate – attack and pillage players (mostly haulers) in lo-sec, or ransom them for money
+*Pirate – attack and pillage players (mostly haulers) in lo-sec, or ransom them for money
-•	Scammer/Thief – tricking players into giving you ISK or luring them into traps
+*Scammer/Thief – tricking players into giving you ISK or luring them into traps; corporate raider
-•	Mining
+*Can Flipper
-•	NPC Hunting
+*Assassin/Suicide Ganker (You have good concord standings from whoring agents all day, you can suicide gank people for money. Not sure if this is possible anymore as they have buffed concord alot.)
-•	Bounty Hunting
+*Drug Dealer - Make boosters (drugs, yes you can be a drug dealer.)
-•	Agent Missions
-•	Research Agents
-•	Production
-•	Trading
-•	Pirating
-•	Deadspace Complexes
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-Some professions you can do in Eve :
-) Miner (boring to some, Zen to others)
-) Salvager (I do not consider ninja salvaging dishonorable unless done in the spirit of wanting to grief, there is nothing wrong with flying around salvaging and looting wrecks of people who are done ratting and have logged off.)
-) Builder (rough business to get into unless you use the "Convenience Store" concept, that is go somewhere fairly populated that doesn't have a good market, and either haul or produce EVERYTHING they might need in small quantities, basically like a trade hub except its mostly your stuff for sale.)
-) Explorer (haven't tried this profession personally, people say it's lucrative and addictive.)
-) Scammer/Pirate/Criminal (I don't do this but whatever floats your boat)
-) Recruiter (I've successfully made a living as a 1-man recruiting agency.)
-) Trader (sit in a hub, buy low, sell high)
-) Hauler (look for courier contracts, also can do courier missions in between jobs, also can buy low in far systems and haul them to sell. NPC trading IE buy livestock where it sells for low, transport it to where it sells for high, both the buyer and seller are NPC's.)
-) Work up standings to a faction and sell your services as a "standings pusher."
-) Scientist (work up R&D agents and farm datacores.)
-) Scientist II (Buy BPO's, either research and sell them, or research and sell copies.)
-) Assassin (You have good concord standings from whoring agents all day, you can suicide gank people for money. Not sure if this is possible anymore as they have buffed concord alot.)
-) Operate a POS, join an alliance that lets you put up your own moon mining POS. Also gas cloud harvesting tho I have no experience with this aspect of the game.
-) Make boosters (drugs, yes you can be a drug dealer.)
-I'm sure there's hundreds of profs I have not mentioned, but that's the beauty of Eve, if you can think it, chances are you can do it.
-Eve does not require you to be smart, it simply requires you to have an imagination.
-There are no NPC's to point you to your next task. You need to be self-driven, figure out what you'd like to do, and do it.
-Now its time to decide how you want to start off your eve career. I say start because with how eve is setup you can change over to do anything you want later in the game. For starting off you will want to pick one career go at it for a while to build some initial money and skills. There are 3 basic career paths in eve combat, industry, and marketing.
 Combat